Persuasive Essay On Fracking

Hydraulic fracturing also known as fracking is the process of drilling and injecting fluid into the ground at a high pressure in order to fracture shale rocks to release built up natural gas from inside the ground. Hydraulic fracturings (fracking) exemption from the rules and regulations of the Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA) needs to be repealed, and the new regulations of the Fracking Responsibility and Awareness of Chemicals Act need to be enforced.
The repeal of the exemption of fracking from the regulations of the Safe Drinking Water Act and enforcement of the Fracking Responsibility and Awareness of Chemicals Act would require fracking and drilling companies to obtain permits before the begin injecting their fracking fluid into the ground, while also requiring these companies to disclose the chemicals used
While some may argue that the methane found is naturally occurring and the blame for the build up can not be placed solely on the effects of hydraulic fracturing. Although methane does naturally occur the amounts found in nature are not high enough to ignite water, and the contamination of the water from fracking is the reason that the water is so hazardous.
In the process of hydraulic fracturing (fracking) waste fluid is a resulting product other than the gas extracted. This waste fluid is toxic, and there are currently no regulations that require companies to properly dispose of the toxic waste fluid produced. The current disposal method is leaving the volatile organic compounds (waste fluid) in open pits where the most toxic remain of the once fracking fluid are left to evaporate or leach back into the ground resulting in air and ground